August 21, 2011 - Along with Saadi Gadhafi, another of Moammar Gadhafi's sons, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi is reportedly detained by opposition forces.

August 23, 2011 - Saif al-Islam Gadhafi shows up at the Rixos Hotel, quashing the rebels' claim that he and two brothers were in their custody. In a brief interview with CNN's Matthew Chance, he says his father and several of his sisters are safe in Tripoli.

January 23, 2012 - Libyan authorities have decided that they want his trial to be held in Tripoli. The ICC has not yet decided where the trial will be held.

April 5, 2012 - ICC announces Libya must hand over Gadhafi immediately to be tried at The Hague on an outstanding warrant for crimes against humanity. Libya appeals the ICC order on April 10, saying it should be given more time to make its own case.

June 8, 2012 - A delegation of four from the International Criminal Court (ICC) is detained in Libya for attempting to get documents to Saif al-Islam Gadhafi. The ICC staff members are freed on July 2, 2012.

October 9, 2012 - The Libyan government argues that it should not have to hand over Saif al-Islam Gadhafi to the International Criminal Court because the court in The Hague, Netherlands, does not have jurisdiction in the case.

April 27, 2014 - Saif al-Islam Gadhafi appears via video link from a courtroom in the Libyan city of Zintan to his trial in a court in Tripoli. The militiamen who captured Gadhafi in Zintan in 2011 refuse to hand him over to the central government, citing security concerns. Gadhafi and dozens of former senior regime officials face charges in Tripoli of attempting to suppress the 2011 uprising, including the killing of protesters, a crime punishable by death.

May 21, 2014 - The ICC Appeals Chamber rejects all four of Libya's appeals and upholds an earlier decision that Libya hand over Gadhafi to The Hague.

May 25, 2014 - The fourth session of Gadhafi's trial in Tripoli, Libya, takes place despite the ICC's recent ruling that Gadhafi should be tried by the ICC at The Hague in the Netherlands.